7 billion + people on the planet now (anyone know the total # of people that have existed total?), and for some reason many people think that when they make a realization or discover something in their life; that it is somehow the first time anyone has ever thought of it.
To give a brief example: I've been looking up information on "false flags". The concept is rather new to me, and is rather disturbing. Yet I find that these thing have been happening for a long time, probably a lot longer than I would like to know.
I suddenly feel small and insignificant in the whole of things like a victim of Descartes' evil gods.
Just a realization I thought I'd... um... recycle with you guys.
2006-09-26 23:30:25 · 8 answers · asked by raven7night 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
joe: nope, that's not the first time that's been thought of. If you saw the size of my head you might change your mind.
2006-09-27 08:52:26 · update #1
This is probably why history repeats itself so often, why people argue endlessly about religion and many other things. The Bible (and other holy books) have probably been torn apart from cover to cover millions of times and yet people continuously bicker back and forth about it.
And none of it is anything new. Are people aware of this? Maybe on some level but either they don't care or aren't aware they are aware.
2006-09-27 19:12:55 · update #2
Are you telling me I m not the only one that thinks you have a tiny brain.
2006-09-26 23:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by R & B 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
With the advent of 300 channels on television, the internet and radio we are getting blasted with information. Not all of that information is immediately processed. Some of it is stored in our subconcious to be released at a time when it is beneficial. So yeah a lot of our thoughts and ideas are not our own, but others. I totally think that is true! How else do you explain the throngs of rap music fans!!! heh heh heh
2006-09-26 23:56:08 · answer #2 · answered by rswdew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, even after you've realised that everyone else have been wondering about the issue, at least the 'everyone' includes you now(:
by discovering more things, and realising more issues, it just shows that we're learning and maturing.
2006-09-26 23:39:22 · answer #3 · answered by boogiesbottom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You hit it on the spot,not so many billions realize it,however the idea is to improve these thoughts to improve life.
2006-09-27 00:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by bakhah05 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whilst one is self-absorbed (the traditional working state of the generic public of humanity, or perhaps of maximum people who see themselves as religious), then one is turning around internally (in thoughts and emotional power) interior the story-e book international creation of ones own making. One creates it with the help of enticing interior the communicate and thoughts, it is maximum persons's actual existence. it isn't the conscious state, and it is not seeing, that's lots greater resembling the dream state. once you don't be attentive to approximately it yet, human beings check out the exterior to 'not be snoozing', yet wide awake. as quickly as you are able to distinguish between diverse states you are going to be in: self-absorbed mode vs. not self-absorbed, then you extremely see for sure the adaptation and not have this question. interior the former that's such as you're blind and interior the latter that's like huge-open eyes, so then you extremely be attentive to that being self-absorbed is only turning around interior the previous, that's like being a settee potato and observing television. there is not something NEW nor resourceful in that 'previous interest', that's greater like passive entertainment or like regurgitation. as quickly as we are only being conscious, there is not any springing up of the manifestation of turning around in ego-mode. for this reason there is not something to visual exhibit unit: 'upward thrust' and fade away. All this comes right down to OUR determination, we choose for what to do and the thank you to apply our own power. Arsing of ego state is something we choose for to do not something that occurs to us. we would not do it if we did not get something out of it (the biggest kick seems to be a style of entertainment, the sensation of 'modern-day' as stable emotional power). as quickly as we choose for entertainment mode, then we wander off, whilst lost one won't be in a position to work out. there is not any catching oneself collectively as immersed interior of it, that's an the two or undertaking. The greater conscious, the fewer one gets lost (that's a growing to be technique), and with increasing understanding the better the will turns into to easily only be and not fall back into previous strategies of being. for this reason one desires to spend greater time daily 'meditatively', that's a postive remarks, the greater one meditates, the better one's understanding rises. Betsy
2016-10-01 10:15:43 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think most of us are indeed aware that our thoughts are not original... however, at the time we have them, they are still indeed original for us.
2006-09-26 23:33:58 · answer #6 · answered by Mike S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dude, like I haven't heard that before...
2006-09-27 04:34:19 · answer #7 · answered by Leo B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of mine are, but hey I don't blame you - it's just not possible to be me!
2006-09-26 23:57:15 · answer #8 · answered by yasiru89 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋